Nope, I'm not BACK but I've dropped in to say HELLO.
The GOOD NEWS: A friend of ours sold us a good as new turbo diesel ick up truck
The BAD NEWS: Brie and I spent a week in the hospital getting her gall bladder removed.
She was admitted t... Read more

Brie and I put all our batteries and tools and hardware in a bucket and climbed on the roof again. We have ten foot 2x6s on the roof and we screwed three of them into place crosswise to the roof beams! We worked for two hours but the wind kept... Read more

TWO DAY SHOPPING EXCURSION WORKOUT
I insisted that Brie buy a work bench. It weighs about 90 pounds. She and I can lift it but not very high. Luckily, our utility trailer is low to the ground.
Today we did our fuel run and filled twelve ca... Read more

Had a great time airbrushing shirts at the county fair. I barely broke even, but I made good contacts and orders are still coming in! I stayed on my feet for hours, but I ate too much fair fare :( Some of my equipment is heavy, but I didn'... Read more

We needed to ride into El Paso to get a few things accomplished. Have I explained about the LEEETLE tiny SQUARE seat on the back of Brie's motorbike? I had determined to use this riding time as yoga exercise. But padded seat or not, my legs k... Read more

We returned to Dell City. I had hoped to use the printer at the library but they didn't open until after lunch time. We got home and I helped Brie put the trailer hitch onto the red jeep. In this manner, I can haul my compressor, easel and air... Read more

I've been standing at my talleasel, painting tee shirts this week. I delivers four shirts to Spanish Angels Cafe, I've got three or four ready for the Sheepherder's Bar and painted one with a Native American thene for the gal who is sponsoring... Read more

I've been standing at my talleasel, painting tee shirts this week. I delivers four shirts to Spanish Angels Cafe, I've got three or four ready for the Sheepherder's Bar and painted one with a Native American thene for the gal who is sponsoring... Read more

Brie switched out the water pump. It was original equipment I think 20 or 30 years old. So she cleaned up the water bypass pipe which was clogged and boltted up the water pump. There was STILL a noise. So we pulled off the fan. The other Je... Read more

Have you ever ridden for an hour on the back of a motorbike? I'm not talking about a luxury padded queen seat on the back of a touring bike. I'm talking about something that looks like a street legal motor cross bike. My seat is padded but it... Read more

Many of you know that my nick name is Toby Bear. My partner Sabrina (Brie) and I live out in the middle of no where in west Texas. Life is challenging out here. The transmission in our 1995 Jeep has failed. Our 1990 Red Jeep Wrangler has bee... Read more

Pushing the 4x4 pickup truck uphill a few yards to jump start the battery.
Carrying buckets of water thirty feet up and down steps to water my potted trees.
Carrying one gallon water jugs from the tap to the kitchen
Carrying car batteries ... Read more

The recent rains have brought out the box turtles. We served to miss two of them today on our dirt road. So it just made me wonder if that placid little creature actually got his heart rate up!
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